I read the snide article about it on Slate, then I read the comments. Even 90% of Slate's liberal readers think such a ban is either stupid or wrong or both. The comments I found most amusing ran along the lines of....the right wing nut jobs are telling everyone the government wants to make us defenseless, and here we have an idiot Democrat helping prove them right. Also a lot of "I'm an anti-gun liberal but this is stupid" type comments too.C-dub wrote:I wonder what in the world they think is responsible abut that proposal. It sounds more like an elitist attitude to me.
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- Tue Feb 03, 2015 6:43 pm
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Re: House Bill to Ban Body Armor for us peasants
- Tue Feb 03, 2015 6:08 pm
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House Bill to Ban Body Armor for us peasants
http://benswann.com/new-bill-proposes-a ... ody-armor/
Government employees exempted of course. While I don't think this Bill will go anywhere, I do think people should know the face of evil. There is no other word that fits the kind of authoritarian scum that would propose or sponsor a Bill like this. That Democrats (Marxists) from the People's Republics of Commiefornia, New Jersey, and Illinois are behind this despicable Bill is no surprise...but Florida? These despicable Marxists...ur, I mean, "Democrats" are everywhere.A new bill has been introduced to the House which could make civilian ownership of body armor illegal.
The bill, called the Responsible Body Armor Possession Act, would strip the right of civilians to purchase or own body armor. The bill reads, “It shall be unlawful for a person to purchase, own or possess enhanced body armor.”
Enhanced body armor, as defined by the bill, is “body armor, including a helmet or shield, the ballistic resistance of which meets or exceeds the ballistic performance of Type III armor…” Type III armor protects against most standard issue rifles as well as many rounds used in handguns.
However, there is an exception to the bill. The bill reads all body armor will be illegal to possess unless the person in question is a government employee. All personnel who work for the various government agencies, departments, or “political subdivisions” are exempt from this potential new law as the bill is currently written.
Representative Michael Honda (D-Calif.)
The bill, H.R. 5344, the “Responsible Body Armor Possession Act,” was cosponsored by Representatives Robin Kelly (D-Ill.), Bill Pascrell, Jr. (D-N.J.), and Alcee Hastings (D-Fla.)